James Felix Black
@tft.io
A large person, in Canada. Father to two, smaller persons. Wife guy. Dual citizen, a modicum of discipline. Proud liberal. Hobbesian. Unix apostate, Classic Mac OS revanchist, tilter at path-dependent windmills. Emacsist.
The Male Loneliness Crisis can be solved by the works of Bernard Williams and William James. Wait a second …
Eddie Current@cheatlines.co · last yr.Let's all solve the Male Lonliness Crisis by blurting out whatever we're on right now. I think the Male Loneliness Crisis can be solved by, the classic work of high fantasy The Lord of the Rings
How on Earth did he ever get such a zany idea?
Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com · 2w agoWhat an odd moment in United States history. A U.S. president is running an overtly political camaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government. Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
This is simultaneously great and super depressing
JLRay@jlray.bsky.social · 4d agoAmong young men, sexism predicts support for Trump among young men. In 2024, Democrats *won economically precarious young men.* Trump won young men who held bad views about sex. In *particular,* Trump won those young men both sexist AND high-socioeconomic status. So... www.ymrp.org/polling
I am a kid who saw STAR WARS in the theatre in 77 who had largely checked out of the IP extension scene and has no real interest in The Franchise any more but uh being at this park has me somewhat weak in the knees holy cow
So on the one hand, the red cybertruck with the Charlie Kirk flag, but on the other, the mood effect of getting in the ocean …
At the San Diego Zoo and it’s like 35c and I’m having a Pliny The Elder and Jesus Haploid Christ does this hit the spot
I try to remember that we all of us are different and not to be too judgemental about other people but I simply do not understand the mindset of someone who sees an animal likes this and thinks, “man I can wait to shoot it”
It was the fast of times, it was the furious of times
I really wish California wasn’t an utterly failed state it’s a really great place but
Man, California is the best I could totally make a life here oh wait no
On July 20, 1980, Terry Fox reached Stratford, Ontario. He was personally greeted by British actress Maggie Smith, who was performing at the Stratford Festival that summer. She gave him a hug, kiss, and a personal donation to the Marathon of Hope. 📸 Stratford-Perth Archives
Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...
The simplest explanation is that they believe what they say.
Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · last wk.It's hard to tell which is weirder: the fact that these guys seriously suggest that models like Claude have consciousness/sentience or that they actually invest time and money (weird!) trying to convince the Pope as well as theologians and legal scholars of this belief.
If you're a woman who plays EA Sports CFB or Madden, I wanna talk to you! And if you're a woman who loves football and don't play those games, I also wanna hear from you! Working on a piece on football, the sports video games, and well, US! RESHARES APPRECIATED